Posted December 22nd, 2023 at 12:33 pm by Dan Musick
“No woman ever conceived a child, no mare a foal, without Him. But once, and for a special purpose, He dispensed with that long line which is His instrument: once His life-giving finger touched a woman without passing through the ages of interlocked events. Once the great glove of Nature was taken off His hand. His naked hand touched her. There was of course a unique reason for it. That time He was creating not simply a man but the Man who was to be Himself: was creating Man anew: was beginning, at this divine and human point, the New Creation of all things. The whole soiled and weary universe quivered at this direct injection of essential life — direct, uncontaminated, not drained through all the crowded history of Nature.” (C. S. Lewis, Miracles, ch 15)
This is an excellent summary of a book my wife and I are reading for Christmas this year. It’s titled On the Incarnation by Athanasius. In the 40 pages, he answers the question, “Why do Christians celebrate Christmas?” It’s not a quick read, but if it takes you the rest of your life to understand the book, it will be worth every hour you invest in reading it.
This entry was filed under The Truly Important. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Leave a Reply